Little Skaia Things (Homestuck)
Author: Ashynarr
Summary: So I promised myself a while back I would write some things for Homestuck, see as it's my other favorite fandom. This is a storage place for all my drabbles for the series and characters.
Disclaimer: Homestuck's not mine.
Warning: Canon compliant, Vriska POV
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"Noo! Terezi, don't do it!"
Vriska blinks, completely pulled out of the dramatic moment at the voice, turning to see who had interrupted their game, and gaping when she recognized him. "John?"
There was no way this was the same scrawny dork she'd only recently confessed her deepest worries to; for one thing, he was way older, and the second, he wasn't supposed to be in this session at all! Not to mention she was getting the very odd feeling that things had been irrevocably changed just now.
Terezi and Gamzee, at least, looked equally confused.
"What are you doing heAUGH!" She tries to ask, only to get a fist right to her cheek, sending her tumbling ass over wings across the floor until she finally flops to a woozy stop several feet away.
Again she has the feeling she was supposed to be doing something very different right now, though what that is escapes her as she slowly pushes herself up on an arm. John and Terezi sound like they're arguing about something, though all she can make out is the stabs of pain being sent through her skull each time one of them raises their voice.
"Guys?" She manages to ask once her brain and mouth are coordinated enough to do so again, even though her head still feels like it's pounding. At the least, it mercifully stops the arguing, which seems to have gained an extra voice in the meantime.
After a moment of silence she feels a warm hand pressed to her cheek, and until she looks up and sees blue eyes instead of green, she's almost convinced it's Terezi or Kanaya, but no, that grin could only be one person-
"How?" She asks, hoping to get some control over - something in the crazy mess this has all become.
John chuckles and shrugs sheepishly, holding up a bright red scarf that, she realizes after a second, has teal blood on it. "It's a long story, and basically has me getting some cool retcon-y powers and future Terezi sending me on a dumb series of pranks before saving your life. But yeah, you don't have to die now, so that's good! ...I think, anyways?"
Vriska blinks again, slowly, turning to look at her friend, who looks equally confused, not to mention irritated. "...okay?"
"Right!" He grins, making her feel just a bit faint again, setting her down gently before getting back up, fistpumping like the dork he was. "I think that's everything, and I don't think I really need to hang around, so I'll see you guys later!"
"You aren't going anywhere until you explain this mess!" Karkat snaps, right when Terezi cries, "Give me the scarf first, John!"
John just waves, still wearing that grin even as he, to her startlement, glows bright blue and, in a pale flash, vanishes into thin air. Karkat's mouth is already off, spewing the sort of swears he's only reserved for special occasions, while Terezi shakes her head and walks over to check on her.
Kanaya, still holding up a blind Sollux, asks, "Could someone please explain what just happened?"
"Yeah," Sollux grumbles, giving what would have been an annoyed look if he could still see to the room in general. "Some of us couldn't see shit around here, if you hadn't noticed."
Vriska and Terezi exchange a long look before turning back to the two. "We have no idea."
(It doesn't strike her for another day(?) that she had almost been killed by her own scourge sister, having been too distracted with the questions everyone had about John's appearance and his unwillingness to stay and explain what had happened. Thankfully, Vriska is alone when the thought strikes her, causing her to pause in the middle of the hall she was fluttering down, eyes blown wide.
Her breath shudders, and she's lucky there's no one there because she can't stop herself from shaking or for a few blue tears to escape her. She sinks to the floor, knees buckling as she tries her best to get rid of the evidence, because damnit all she should be used to the others hating her but somehow it hurts when she knows her closest friend (besides John, but she's not sure if he counts because he's human and just doesn't get it sometimes) would have killed her in order to protect everyone else.
(Had John been telling the truth when he'd said he'd changed the Alpha timeline so she didn't have to die? And had he done it for her, or…)
Vriska closes her eyes and takes deep breaths, recollecting herself. She wasn't as eager to go off and face Jack now that she knew what would happen otherwise, but that didn't mean she wasn't going to prepare herself for what danger - and glory - was lurking ahead.
She was Vriska Serket, descendant of the greatest pirate to ever rule the Alternian seas, and she'd be damned if she was gonna let this second chance slip by while she could do something important in Paradox Space.)
(...Why did she have the feeling she was forgetting something important, though?)
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AN: This was supposed to be something else, but somehow it sorta ended up being a rehash of one of the scenes from the comic with a bit of Vriska's thoughts tacked on afterwords. Not the most creative, and I wanted to have this up on the thirteenth, but ah well, can't have everything. Enjoy?